Warrington bomb attacks

The Warrington bomb attacks occurred on 26 February and 20 March 1993 in Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom when the IRA targeted a gas storage facility and shops and businesses on Bridge Street. The first attack caused extensive damage, and a police officer was injured by the two escaping bombers before they were caught and arrested. The second attack saw a bomb in a trash can explode and kill 12-year-old Tim Parry and the 3-year-old Jonathan Ball and injure 55 people. The bombings were extensively covered by the media, generating widespread anger against the IRA, and the deaths of the two children led to mass protests in Dublin and a decline in the IRA's popularity overseas.